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Grades are one line on a sheet. In high school or at university, on BeyondScholar the work comes first: projects of every kind, from code and design to research, writing, art, volunteering or a small business, with images and links, then awards, certificates and publications, and the support you need, in your own words.

01AvailabilityOpen to support, Already supported or Not looking.
02Pinned workUp to three projects or achievements, at the top.
03Support needWhat would help, said plainly.
04PostsProject, Achievement or Update, so the profile stays alive.

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Semester 1–4

Course	Grade
Calculus I	A
Physics I	B+
Programming	A
Data structures	A−
Linear algebra	B+
English	A

GPA 3.4

Example profile · as a verified organization sees it

Anahit K.

Computer engineering · Year 3 · Yerevan

1Open to support

2Pinned · 3 of 3

Air-quality sensor for school classroomsGitHub
Robot arm for a physics labVideo
Map of rural bus routesBehance

Support need

A mentor in embedded systems, and a summer internship where I can build hardware.

UpdateSensor v2 runs on a small solar panel now. Next: testing it in two classrooms.

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A student's hands fitting a small air-quality sensor on a workshop bench, beside a sketchbook and a soldering iron

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SchoolAny school or university

Anahit K.

Computer engineering · Year 3 · Yerevan

Built an air-quality sensor for school classrooms.

Open to support3 projects
Davit M.

Biology · Year 2 · Gyumri

Tests water from village wells and maps the results.

Open to support2 projects
Lilit S.

Architecture · Year 4 · Vanadzor

Designed a model of an earthquake-safe school gym.

Already supported4 projects
Narek A.

Software engineering · Year 3 · Yerevan

Building speech-to-text for Armenian lectures.

Open to support5 projects
Mariam H.

Graphic design · Year 2 · Dilijan

Made a visual identity for a village library.

Not looking3 projects
Arman T.

History · Year 4 · Yerevan

Records oral histories from village elders as a podcast.

Open to support2 projects

Opportunities

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Internship

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ELExample LabsVerified

Deadline: 30 November
Who can apply: Year 2 and above, any field
Benefit: Three months, with a mentor on the team
Language: Armenian, English

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Requests 3Chats

Anahit K.

Hi! I’m Anahit, a computer engineering student in Yerevan…

AcceptDecline

Sona V.

I study chemistry in Gyumri and I am testing soil from…

AcceptDecline

Narek A.

My speech-to-text project needs Armenian lecture audio…

AcceptDecline

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EFExample FoundationVerified organization

Hi! I’m Anahit, a computer engineering student in Yerevan. I built an air-quality sensor for school classrooms and I’m looking for a mentor in embedded systems. The project is attached. Thank you!214 / 500

Project attachedAir-quality sensor for school classrooms

1 of 5 pending Send request

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Expiry: 14days without an answer, then the request expires and frees your slot.
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Hello Anahit, we read about your air-quality sensor. What support would help you most this year?10:42

A mentor in embedded systems, and a summer internship if one opens. My project page has the code and photos.10:47

Thank you. Could we talk on Thursday? Here is a meeting link: join the call10:52

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Built by a student who lived the questions.

What if a student’s future depended less on where they were born, and more on the opportunities they knew how to find?

I grew up in Armenia believing that education could open doors. I dreamed of studying abroad, of meeting people who think differently and growing beyond the world I knew.

But when I started looking, I saw the problem. The opportunities existed: scholarships, internships, programs. What was hard was finding them, and knowing where to take the first step.

I saw the other side too. Students are judged by transcripts. A transcript doesn’t show the project someone built at night or the award they won. And the people who want to help have no single place to find those students.

Two groups who need each other, and can’t meet.

So I’m building the bridge. On BeyondScholar, students build a living portfolio. Verified organizations and benefactors discover them, and students can reach out too. Scholarships, grants, internships, jobs, mentorship.

That’s why the name is BeyondScholar: beyond the scholarship, beyond borders, beyond what students believe is possible.

I’m still a student myself. I’m not building this because I have all the answers, but because I’ve lived the questions.

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Anahit K.

Find students by what they have built.

Five ways to back a student.

Summer internship, data team

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